Amphora

ID:

WP83[3803]<2012>

Production date:

Roman; 60-90

Location:

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A buff ware amphora (Dressel 2-4 type). This vessel would have contained fish sauce, a delicacy imported into Britain for use in savoury Roman dishes. A painted inscription on the neck of the amphora reads: LIQUAM / ANTIPOL / EXC / L TETTI AFRI / CANI / AFRI, which translates as: 'Lucius Tettius Africanus supplies the finest fish sauce, the product coming from Antipolis', modern day Antibes, southern France.  < ...Read more

A buff ware amphora (Dressel 2-4 type). This vessel would have contained fish sauce, a delicacy imported into Britain for use in savoury Roman dishes. A painted inscription on the neck of the amphora reads: LIQUAM / ANTIPOL / EXC / L TETTI AFRI / CANI / AFRI, which translates as: 'Lucius Tettius Africanus supplies the finest fish sauce, the product coming from Antipolis', modern day Antibes, southern France.

Africanus must have been a producer or shipper from the Mediterranean coast. The container was found lying on the foreshore of the Thames in Southwark. It was empty except for a few mackerel bones; the remains of the fish sauce. < Hide

Measurements

WT 10000g (10kg) (overall)

Materials

ceramic

Last Updated

2023-10-11